Jack Dempsey

The Jack Dempsey fish is a freshwater cichlid. This cichlid fish have aggressive natures, like their namesake, the legendary heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Dempsey. Despite their feisty personalities, Jack Dempsey fish are popular tropical fish among aquarists due to their beautiful iridescent colours.

Features of Jack Dempsey Fish:

• The average lifespan of a Jack Dempsey fish is 8–10 years
• Jack Dempsey fish have aggressive personalities and aren’t recommended for beginner fish keepers
• Jack Dempsey fish are aggressive fish that are known to chase, bite, or bully small or vulnerable fish

Jack Dempsey Cichlid: Care, Diet and Tank Mates

The Best Aquarium Size for Jack Dempsey Fish:

The minimum tank size required for a single Jack Dempsey fish is 300L, and each additional fish requires an extra 200L of water. Providing a large tank for Jack Dempsey fish ensures that all fish have enough space to claim their own territories. The bigger tank is better for the health of your fish.

Buy Large Tank in Coburg Aquarium online, Here are some good brands to consider

• Aqua One Fish Tank
• Oceanson Big Fish Tank

Tank Mate Compatibility:

Because Jack Dempsey fish have aggressive personalities, your choice of tankmates is restricted to similarly-sized fish with similar temperaments to Jack Dempsey fish. Great tank mates for Jack Dempsey fish include:

• Oscar fish
• Angelfish
• Clown loaches
• Convict cichlids
• Plecostomus catfish
• Electric blue acaras
• Silver dollar fish

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Jack Dempsey Food :

Pellets and flakes designed for cichlids can provide the bulk of the Jack Dempsey fish’s diet. Food like OSI Cichlid Flakes, Fish Fuel Frozen Cichlid Food, Hikari Cichlid Pellet. Supplement these processed foods with brine shrimps,bloodworms or dried blackworms, crickets, fruit flies, and grasshoppers.

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Jack Dempsey Tank Setup:

Aquarium Filtration

The natural habitat of Jack Dempsey fish is slow-moving waters. To keep the water clean and provide a slow-moving current, a filtration system will be needed. Make sure the filter matches with your tank size.

Here are some great ones to consider:

• 207 Performance Canister Filter By Fluval
• Classic External Canister Filter 2213 (250)By EHEIM
• Aqua One 1000 External Canister Filter

Aquatic Plants

Deep-rooted and floating plants are important in a Jack Dempsey fish tank. You can add some aquatic plants like anubias, Java fern or floating plants like hornwort in your fish tank

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Aquarium Decorations

Ideal Ornaments could be caves and hollow decorations:

• biOrb Ornaments Collections
• Aqua One Ornaments Collections
• Kazoo ornaments collections

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Substrate

Choose a sandy, muddy substrate that closely matches the fish’s wild habitat. Substrates are available at Coburg Aquarium.